Chapter 5
Attack of the 10000 Attack point monster
(A/N: Okay, peoples, fifth chapter is here. Don't worry. There will be more altoshipping. I just got so caught up in the dueling aspect. And, dragonsrullz, what is it with you and the baby charmander thing? -- ())
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Ash stared at his hand. Let's see. I could use my Heavy Storm card to destroy the two armor cards, but that would take down my Call of the Haunted as well, destroying Goryu in the process. It all depends on this next draw... Ash drew his card. Yes! "I activate Tailor of the Fickle!" A card with a sniveling- looking man showing a tall, princely man a pile of fine silks appeared.
Latios snarled in anger. "Not that card!"
"Yes, this card!" Ash said with a grin. "It allows me to switch the control of one equipment card from one monster to another! And so..." He gestured dramatically to his monster. "My Goryu gets some new threads; namely, Raregold Armor!"
Tailor of the Fickle glowed, and the Armor card vanished and reappeared on Ash's side of the field. Latios cringed. "You got rid of my armor! And now my guardians..."
"Are wide open!" Ash finished for him. "Goryu, attack his Luster Guardian! Sacred Scorch Attack!"
Majestic Mech-Goryu Attk: 3700 vs Luster Guardian Ratiasu Attk: 3300 Attacker wins.
Latios screamed as Luster Guardian was blown away. However, to Ash's surprise, Latios did not loose 500 points. Instead, his life points went down by a measly 250.
"Hey!" Ash yelled. "But, how..?"
"The Soul Dew makes it so when I loose life points, I only loose half of the amount I would normally!" Latios said with a grin
Ash: 4200 Latios: 6150
Ash laughed. "I guess we won't be hearing from that thing for a while!"
Latios snarled. "And it's my turn." He drew his card, and his eyes widened. "Ahhhhh! Oh yes!"
Ash raised an eyebrow. "What?"
Latios raised his card. "This! I activate the spell card, Mischief of the Rocket Thieves!" An image of Annie and Oakley laughing insanely in front of a humongous silhouette. "This card can only be activated when Ratosu and Soul Dew are alone on the field. It allows me to send my current hand to the graveyard..." He said, shuffling his hand into his deck. "...to summon a monster of unparalleled strength and supreme power!" The panels of stone below Latios glowed, and rearranged themselves as they had on Oakley's computer. When they rearranged themselves into the real picture, a huge beam of bluish-white light burst up from them. A dark and ominous silhouette rose out of the panels, towering above Ash. "Behold!" Latios said. "The D.M.A.!" The light faded, revealing the humongous form of Altomare's ultimate weapon.
D.M.A. Attk: 10000 Def.10000
Ash's jaw dropped. "Ten...ten...ten...ten thousand attack points?!"
"Any last words?" Latios said evilly.
"..."
"No?" Latios said. "I guess I shouldn't expect much words from someone who has just had his fate sealed. Even so," he said venomously. "you disappoint me. D.M.A! Go! Strike down the Majestic Mech! Eliminate it from the field!"
The Soul Dew, sitting on a pedestal on the D.M.A, glowed blinding white, and shot lightning into the cockpit of the machine. The energy crackled and hissed around the eye and began to condense into an energy field. Inside, a targeting system locked onto the Majestic Mech.
"DYNASTY FLAAAAAAAAAAAARE!" Latios screamed.
The energy crackled once, like a torch being lit, then the unfathomably huge laser blast exploded towards the Majestic Mech.
"I don't think so!" Ash yelled. "I'm not going down yet! I activate my trap card! Attack Guidance Armor!"
A card with a man looking in horror as attacks rushed towards him, the cause of it the skull like armor he was wearing.
"This card acts like a magnet to absorb attacks! I can target it at anything I like, such as, say, Zanna's Eefi!"
No! Thought Latios. That kind of attack on Eefi will bring my life points to zero! I'll loose! I'll loose the duel to him! I can't lose! "I activate my trap card, Token Interceptor!"
A card flipped face up on Latios' side of the field, depicting a shield with a scapegoat on it. "This card is sort of like your armor, but it only works on tokens. In other words, I can switch my attack to one of my scapegoats!
The laser quivered as it approached Zanna's Eefi. It swerved and rushed at Latios' scapegoat. It touched for an instant, and then the scapegoat was blown to dust.
"Agh!" Ash said angrily. "Almost had him!"
Latios chuckled. "You never had me from the beginning. You only had one Attack Guidance Armor, while my D.M.A. cannot be destroyed as a result of battle, or by an opponent's card effects! It is invulnerable, just as I am!"
"No, Latios." Ash said softly. "You've got it wrong. All of your cards so far have been exactly like the real things, so if I'm correct, I know the D.M.A's glaring weakness! Activate face down card! Mystical Space Typhoon!"
Latios laughed. "Destroying my Canals as a last act of defiance? How noble of you. But nothing can save you from the destructive powers of the D.M.A!"
"Wrong, Latios. Read the D.M.A.'s effect out loud."
Latios stared at the card. "This card can only be special summoned by the effect of blah blah blah, blah blah, cannot be destroyed, when the Soul Dew is removed from the field for any reason, this card is automatically removed from play! No!"
"Maybe it would be a good idea to read the card's effects thoroughly before using them again! Mystical Space Typhoon, activate! Destroy the Soul Dew!"
The Soul Dew glowed white and shattered to bits. In an instant, the D.M.A shot lightning in all directions. The machine glowed blinding white, and exploded in a giant atomic blast. Latios screamed. Ash grinned. "And to drive my point home, I'll attack with Goryu! Blow that Eefi to cinders! Sacred Scorch!
Goryu: 3700 vs Eefi: 1500 Attacker wins
Goryu spewed flames and blasted Eefi to bits, taking 2200 of Latios' life points with him.
Latios 6150 minus 2200: 3950
Ash set two cards face down. "Come on, Latios, fight back. This battle is so not worth the stakes."
"Silennnncccce." Hissed Latios as he drew a card. His eyes widened. "Wahahahahahahaha!!! I win! I sacrifice my Shadow Guardian to summon a new beast! The greatest legal monster in the entire dueling world!!! Grand Shadow Guardian-Ratiosu!"
Ratiosu glowed and was replaced by a larger, darker looking Latios, with vicious looking spikes erupting from its skin.
Grand Shadow Guardian-Ratiosu Attk: 3500 Def: 3000
"Because of my field card, my beast is even stronger!"
Grand Shadow Guardian-Ratiosu Attk: 3500+300 3800 Def 3000+300 3300
"And now for the greatest illegal monster!" Latios grinned evilly. "You see. There are two cursed beasts in Duel Monsters: Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning, and Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End. And here is one of them! The mighty Black Luster Soldier!" A tablet with ancient writing on it appeared on Latios field. Ratiosu and Ratiasu appeared on his field.
"Wait, I got rid of those things, why are they back?" Ash asked in shock.
"They are the tributes to summon my beast. To do so, I must remove one dark monster, and one light type monster from my grave to bring it out. So now, Ratiosu and Ratiasu, I tribute thee to summon my greatest monster! Rise, Black Luster Soldier, Envoy of the Beginning!" The two dragons shattered and flew into the tablet. The tablet cracked and shattered in a burst of light. A huge armored soldier with a wicked looking sword, and a stout black shield stepped out.
Black Luster Soldier Attk: 3000 Def: 2500
(A/N: Out of the frying pan, into the fire! Just when Ash thinks he has beaten Latios' greatest beast, he reveals he is the owner of one of the cursed cards. How will Ash win now?)